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http://l.yimg.com/rz/d/yahoo_news_en-US_s_f_p_168x21_news.pngHouse Leader Cantor on Supreme Court decisions, future of immigration reformIn a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo News, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor discussed the next steps Congress could take in the aftermath of this week's Supreme Court decisions on voting rights and same-sex marriage, the future of immigration reform, President Barack Obama's response to National Security Agency document leaker Edward Snowden and his own plan [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/house-leader-cantor-supreme-court-decisions-future-immigration-124741262.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 28 Jun 2013 08:47:41 -0400blogs/news/house-leader-cantor-supreme-court-decisions-future-immigration-124741262Cantor on immigration vote: ‘I can’t tell you what’s in that big Senate bill’A bill that would overhaul the nation's immigration system passed with bipartisan support in the Senate Thursday, but some of the top Republican leaders in the House say they haven’t bothered to find out what’s in it. In an exclusive interview with Yahoo News Thursday evening, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said he’s not aware [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/cantor-immigration-vote-t-tell-big-senate-bill-233320198.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 27 Jun 2013 19:33:20 -0400blogs/news/cantor-immigration-vote-t-tell-big-senate-bill-233320198Senate immigration bill is a ‘pipe dream’ in the House: GOP lawmaker<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/senate-immigration-bill-pipe-dream-house-gop-lawmaker-155313110.html?.tsrc=yahoo"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xmshaxTdCx4ShGDCcP4UeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/news/166411234.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Senate immigration bill is a ‘pipe dream’ in the House: GOP lawmaker" align="left" title="Senate immigration bill is a ‘pipe dream’ in the House: GOP lawmaker" border="0" /></a>The Senate is poised to pass a comprehensive immigration bill this week. Immigration reform proponents will cheer! Immigrant activists will cry tears of joy! DREAMers will dream bigger dreams! Not to be a heartbreaker, but this party probably won&#039;t last long. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives hasn&#039;t the slightest intention of passing the thing as [...]</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/senate-immigration-bill-pipe-dream-house-gop-lawmaker-155313110.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 27 Jun 2013 11:53:13 -0400blogs/news/senate-immigration-bill-pipe-dream-house-gop-lawmaker-155313110<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/senate-immigration-bill-pipe-dream-house-gop-lawmaker-155313110.html?.tsrc=yahoo"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xmshaxTdCx4ShGDCcP4UeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/news/166411234.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Senate immigration bill is a ‘pipe dream’ in the House: GOP lawmaker" align="left" title="Senate immigration bill is a ‘pipe dream’ in the House: GOP lawmaker" border="0" /></a>The Senate is poised to pass a comprehensive immigration bill this week. Immigration reform proponents will cheer! Immigrant activists will cry tears of joy! DREAMers will dream bigger dreams! Not to be a heartbreaker, but this party probably won&#039;t last long. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives hasn&#039;t the slightest intention of passing the thing as [...]</p><br clear="all"/>Santorum: Rubio’s support of immigration bill could hurt presidential prospectsFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who is quietly laying the groundwork for another presidential run, said on Wednesday that Republican presidential hopefuls who support the federal immigration overhaul will struggle to find support among the party's primary voters in 2016. During an interview on the Andrea Tantaros radio show, Santorum said lawmakers like Florida Republican [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/santorum-says-rubio-support-immigration-bill-hurt-him-203058010.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 26 Jun 2013 16:30:58 -0400blogs/news/santorum-says-rubio-support-immigration-bill-hurt-him-203058010Supporters of same-sex marriage rally outside Supreme CourtRally outside the Supreme Court building (Chris Moody/Yahoo News) For many who had waited hours outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear the outcome of two cases on the future of same-sex marriage, the first news arrived from a man who sprinted from the court building and stripped off his shirt to reveal a [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/supporters-same-sex-marriage-rally-outside-supreme-court-181452481.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 26 Jun 2013 14:14:52 -0400blogs/news/supporters-same-sex-marriage-rally-outside-supreme-court-181452481Putin would never get away with stealing a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring: Sen. CruzRussian President Vladimir Putin should be glad he didn't mess with Texas, according to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. Last week, Putin denied an accusation that he had stolen a Super Bowl ring from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. On Tuesday, Cruz said a heist like that wouldn't have gone over so well had it [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/putin-never-away-stealing-dallas-cowboys-superbowl-ring-165208535.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 25 Jun 2013 12:52:08 -0400blogs/news/putin-never-away-stealing-dallas-cowboys-superbowl-ring-165208535Chamber of Commerce launches ‘seven-figure’ ad buy in support of immigration effortThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching a "seven-figure" ad buy on Monday in support of the effort to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, a chamber spokeswoman confirmed. The 30-second message, which will air on radio and cable news stations nationwide, features clips from Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/chamber-commerce-launches-seven-figure-ad-buy-support-161656853.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 24 Jun 2013 12:16:56 -0400blogs/ticket/chamber-commerce-launches-seven-figure-ad-buy-support-161656853‘Border surge’ amendment clears hurdle in the SenateAfter just a few hours of floor speeches Monday afternoon, the Senate voted 67-27 to proceed on an amendment to the immigration bill that would increase border security funding, taking another step toward the legislation's final passage. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in support of a motion, which required 60 votes to proceed. As part of [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/immigration-bill-faces-another-major-hurdle-senate-monday-151728618.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 24 Jun 2013 11:17:28 -0400blogs/ticket/immigration-bill-faces-another-major-hurdle-senate-monday-151728618Rubio weighs in on Kim Kardashian-Kanye West baby nameYou probably didn't wake up this morning wondering what Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio thought about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West naming their new baby "North." (Congratulations! You're normal, unlike us.) Thankfully, talk radio host Andrea Tantaros asked Rubio about the celebrity couple's newborn on her show Friday. "You're probably only going to get this [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rubio-weighs-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-baby-name-183207188.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 21 Jun 2013 14:32:07 -0400blogs/ticket/rubio-weighs-kim-kardashian-kanye-west-baby-name-183207188Rand Paul threatens to support filibustering immigration billSen. Rand Paul plans to support a filibuster of the Senate immigration bill unless it grants Congress more border security oversight, the Kentucky Republican said on Thursday. Paul does not plan to stand on the Senate floor for 13 hours straight like he did in March to protest President Barack Obama's drone policy, but he [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rand-paul-threatens-support-filibustering-immigration-bill-174049839.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 20 Jun 2013 13:40:49 -0400blogs/ticket/rand-paul-threatens-support-filibustering-immigration-bill-174049839Off probation, filmmaker James O’Keefe gives his side of story in tell-all bookThere's a good chance you've heard about James O'Keefe. Odds are even better you have one of two extreme reactions when you hear his name: Adoration or contempt. O'Keefe, the young filmmaker known for secret-camera video stings that cause migraines in the highest echelons of government, is entering a new era of his life. Last [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/off-probation-filmmaker-james-o-keefe-gives-side-155133299.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 20 Jun 2013 11:51:33 -0400blogs/ticket/off-probation-filmmaker-james-o-keefe-gives-side-155133299Murkowski becomes third GOP senator to support same-sex marriageAlaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Wednesday that she now supports allowing same-sex couples to legally marry, becoming the third U.S. senator in her party to change positions on the issue. "Countless Alaskans and Americans want to give themselves to one another and create a home together. I support marriage equality and support the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/murkowski-becomes-third-gop-senator-support-same-sex-151500874.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 19 Jun 2013 11:15:00 -0400blogs/ticket/murkowski-becomes-third-gop-senator-support-same-sex-151500874House GOP to host meetups with Hispanic voters in D.C. as part of outreach effortIn the midst of negotiations in Congress over an immigration overhaul, House Republicans are planning a series of meetings with Hispanic-Americans in the nation's capital as part of a partywide effort to woo minority voters. The House Republican Conference, chaired by Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, is planning four meetup sessions between Hispanic-Americans and Republican [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/house-gop-host-meet-ups-hispanic-voters-d-145406951.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:06 -0400blogs/ticket/house-gop-host-meet-ups-hispanic-voters-d-145406951GOP gets social in Mass. Senate race with campaign Facebook appThe National Republican Senatorial Committee plans to use the special Senate election in Massachusetts later this month as a testing ground for a new Get-Out-The-Vote app on Facebook that will make it easier for supporters to target friends who live in the state and encourage them to go to the polls. The race pits Republican [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-senate-group-testing-campaign-facebook-app-massachusetts-135854001.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 14 Jun 2013 09:58:54 -0400blogs/ticket/gop-senate-group-testing-campaign-facebook-app-massachusetts-135854001Rand Paul says U.S. taxpayers are funding a ‘war on Christianity’American taxpayers are paying for a "war on Christianity" at home and abroad, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said during a speech at a conservative conference Thursday. "There is a war on Christianity," Paul told an audience of mostly evangelical Christians and Jews during a luncheon at the annual Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rand-paul-says-u-taxpayers-funding-war-christianity-185908146.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 13 Jun 2013 14:59:08 -0400blogs/ticket/rand-paul-says-u-taxpayers-funding-war-christianity-185908146Rubio: ‘I’m done’ if immigration bill includes gay couple amendmentFlorida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a co-author and key proponent of the Senate immigration bill, said he will revoke his support if an amendment is added that allows gay Americans to petition for same-sex spouses living abroad to secure a green card. "If this bill has in it something that gives gay couples immigration rights [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/rubio-m-done-immigration-bill-includes-gay-couple-160223193.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 13 Jun 2013 12:02:23 -0400blogs/ticket/rubio-m-done-immigration-bill-includes-gay-couple-160223193Frederick Douglass to be honored in Congress with statueA bipartisan group of lawmakers next week will honor Frederick Douglass, the early civil rights leader, orator and writer who escaped slavery in 1838, with a statue in the U.S. Capitol. A gift of the District of Columbia, the statue will be placed in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitors Center on Wednesday, June 19. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/frederick-douglass-honored-congress-statue-141038389.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 13 Jun 2013 10:10:38 -0400blogs/ticket/frederick-douglass-honored-congress-statue-141038389Coburn questions DOJ on conference spending under sequestrationOklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is demanding details from the Department of Justice about the agency's spending on, among other things, employee conferences under sequestration. In a letter obtained by Yahoo News that was sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, Coburn pointed to the DOJ's history of spending on conferences over the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/coburn-questions-doj-conference-spending-under-sequestration-215528534.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 12 Jun 2013 17:55:28 -0400blogs/ticket/coburn-questions-doj-conference-spending-under-sequestration-215528534Paul Ryan: ‘I will debate anybody’ who says immigration bill is ‘amnesty’Earlier this year, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul warned lawmakers not to trip over loaded phrases like "pathway to citizenship" and "amnesty" to describe the effort to overhaul immigration. Doing so, Paul said, would polarize the debate over reform—and he was right. Not surprisingly, opponents of the immigration bill regularly refer to it as an [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/paul-ryan-debate-anybody-says-immigration-bill-amnesty-195916824.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 12 Jun 2013 15:59:16 -0400blogs/ticket/paul-ryan-debate-anybody-says-immigration-bill-amnesty-195916824Lindsey Graham: ‘If I thought censoring the mail was necessary, I would suggest it’Sen. Lindsey Graham would propose censoring Americans' "snail" mail if he thought it would help protect national security, the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday. But for now, he says he doesn't think it's necessary. Faced with questions about the disclosure that the National Security Agency has been collecting phone and email records of citizens, Graham [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/lindsey-graham-thought-censoring-mail-necessary-suggest-182932835.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 11 Jun 2013 14:29:32 -0400blogs/ticket/lindsey-graham-thought-censoring-mail-necessary-suggest-182932835Immigration bill expected to overcome early hurdles in the SenateThe Senate is expected to proceed toward a bill that would overhaul the nation's immigration system Tuesday, overcoming an early hurdle for what is expected to be a monthslong process. The chamber will take up a procedural vote that allows senators to begin voting on amendments to the immigration bill, crafted by the bipartisan Gang [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/immigration-bill-expected-overcome-early-hurdles-senate-163001150.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400blogs/ticket/immigration-bill-expected-overcome-early-hurdles-senate-163001150Cantor says House to investigate Edward Snowden over leaksHouse committees will soon begin a series of "serious" investigation into the former security contractor who leaked secret information about the National Security Agency's surveillance program, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said on Monday. During an interview on CBS' "This Morning," Cantor said there was still much unknown about the legality involving how 29-year-old former [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/cantor-says-house-investigate-edward-snowden-over-leaks-155543898.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 10 Jun 2013 11:55:43 -0400blogs/ticket/cantor-says-house-investigate-edward-snowden-over-leaks-155543898Karl Rove-backed Crossroads GPS runs pro-immigration overhaul adCrossroads GPS, an advocacy group backed by Karl Rove, former senior adviser to George W. Bush, is launching a $100,000 ad campaign urging conservatives to support an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws. The full-page print ad is signed by 53 business leaders and Republicans, including former Republican National Committee Chairman Edward Gillespie, former Florida [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/karl-rove-backed-crossroads-gps-runs-pro-immigration-145420109.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 10 Jun 2013 10:54:20 -0400blogs/ticket/karl-rove-backed-crossroads-gps-runs-pro-immigration-145420109Ted Cruz heads to Iowa; Rob Portman will speak in New HampshireTwo Senate Republicans viewed as likely 2016 presidential contenders are scheduled to address GOP loyalists in Iowa and New Hampshire this summer. The two states traditionally kick off the first presidential electoral contests—Iowa hosts party caucuses, and New Hampshire typically follows with the first primary. The Iowa State Republican Party announced Friday that Texas Sen. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ted-cruz-heads-iowa-rob-portman-speak-hampshire-194011558.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 07 Jun 2013 15:40:11 -0400blogs/ticket/ted-cruz-heads-iowa-rob-portman-speak-hampshire-194011558Kentucky Democrat: ‘Mitch McConnell sucks’Kentucky Democrats may not have a candidate to run against Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, but at least they know that they don't like him. Take this comment made by Kentucky Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth at the Jefferson County party's annual Wendell Ford Dinner on Thursday night. “I can be really brief [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/kentucky-democrat-mitch-mcconnell-sucks-182212550.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 07 Jun 2013 14:22:12 -0400blogs/ticket/kentucky-democrat-mitch-mcconnell-sucks-182212550Senate to vote on immigration bill before Fourth of July, Reid saysThe Senate will vote on an overhaul of the nation's immigration system before the Fourth of July, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Friday. On Thursday, Reid set in motion the lengthy process required to bring a bill to the Senate floor, giving lawmakers an opportunity to debate the issue this morning. Speaking from the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/senate-vote-immigration-bill-fourth-july-reid-154736845.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 07 Jun 2013 11:47:36 -0400blogs/ticket/senate-vote-immigration-bill-fourth-july-reid-154736845IRS’ ‘Spock’ faces questions from lawmakers, says video ‘embarrassing’His name is Faris Fink and, in real life, he's in charge of the Small Business and Self-Employed Division of the Internal Revenue Service. But to most Americans following the recent saga of the IRS, he's just "Mister Spock." Fink played a starring role in a "Star Trek" parody video that was played at the [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/irs-spock-faces-questions-lawmakers-embarrassing-170730196.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 06 Jun 2013 13:07:30 -0400blogs/ticket/irs-spock-faces-questions-lawmakers-embarrassing-170730196Path to citizenship ‘highly unlikely’ to pass House: Rep. Tom PriceA comprehensive immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally is "highly unlikely" to pass the Republican-majority House of Representatives, Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Price, the vice chair of the House Budget Committee, said. During a Christian Science Monitor breakfast meeting Wednesday, a reporter asked Price if [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/path-citizenship-highly-unlikely-pass-house-rep-tom-160539373.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 05 Jun 2013 12:05:39 -0400blogs/ticket/path-citizenship-highly-unlikely-pass-house-rep-tom-160539373Conservative groups say IRS practices hurt their ability to raise moneyLeaders from conservative and tea party groups told a congressional panel that the Internal Revenue Service's methods of vetting organizations seeking nonprofit status discouraged supporters from donating to their causes. Representatives from six organizations appeared before members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday to discuss their interactions with the IRS, a government [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/conservative-groups-irs-practices-hurt-ability-raise-money-185429718.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 04 Jun 2013 14:54:29 -0400blogs/ticket/conservative-groups-irs-practices-hurt-ability-raise-money-185429718New acting head of IRS says money isn’t the answerThe newly appointed acting head of the Internal Revenue Service said Monday that the agency does not need more money to carry out the responsibility of processing applications for tax-exempt status, despite calls during the hearing for increased funding to help the embattled agency's workload. “The solution here is not more money,” IRS acting Commissioner [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/acting-head-irs-says-agency-does-not-more-210618673.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 03 Jun 2013 17:06:18 -0400blogs/ticket/acting-head-irs-says-agency-does-not-more-210618673Report by College Republicans details ways to capture youth voteIt will take a lot more than Facebook and Kid Rock to get young people on the Republican bandwagon. In the months since the 2012 presidential election, Republicans have acknowledged they have their work cut out for them in winning millennials—the generational tag given to those born between 1980 and 2000. On Monday, the College [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/report-college-republicans-details-ways-capture-youth-vote-192412832.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 03 Jun 2013 15:24:12 -0400blogs/ticket/report-college-republicans-details-ways-capture-youth-vote-192412832Bachmann’s departure came as a surprise to tea party organizersEarlier this month, while planning a press conference with other lawmakers and tea party leaders in response to the Internal Revenue Service's unfair targeting of conservatives, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told Tea Party Patriots national coordinator Jenny Beth Martin that she longed to travel and speak to tea party groups more often than she had [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/michele-bachmann-departure-came-surprise-tea-party-organizers-171413266.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 31 May 2013 13:14:13 -0400blogs/ticket/michele-bachmann-departure-came-surprise-tea-party-organizers-171413266GOP group aggressively seeking minority candidates for 2014The ongoing saga of the Republican effort to woo minority voters continues this week with an announcement that one party group plans to spend $6 million this election cycle to recruit and support female and minority candidates at the state level. The effort is a continuation of the Republican State Leadership Committee's Future Majority Project, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/republican-group-aggressively-seeking-minorty-candidates-run-2014-170713001.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 30 May 2013 13:07:13 -0400blogs/ticket/republican-group-aggressively-seeking-minorty-candidates-run-2014-170713001Democrat seeks to topple Nikki Haley without sounding too much like a DemocratCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, who is planning to challenge Republican Gov. Nikki Haley in 2014, says he wants nothing to do with Washington—but not in quite the same way Haley does. "I don't keep up with what's going on nationally," Sheheen told Yahoo News in an interview earlier this [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/democrat-seeks-topple-nikki-haley-without-sounding-too-094026759.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 29 May 2013 05:40:26 -0400blogs/ticket/democrat-seeks-topple-nikki-haley-without-sounding-too-094026759Embattled IRS part of House GOP attack ad campaignA House Republican group is launching an ad campaign against four incumbent Democrats this week that aims to tie the lawmakers to the Internal Revenue Service, a government agency under scrutiny after officials admitted earlier this month to targeting conservative groups applying for nonprofit status. The National Republican Congressional Committee will dispatch trucks to drive [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/embattled-irs-makes-debut-house-gop-attack-ads-112054152.html?.tsrc=yahooMon, 27 May 2013 07:20:54 -0400blogs/ticket/embattled-irs-makes-debut-house-gop-attack-ads-112054152Terry McAuliffe’s brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist. Now he’s a DemocratTerry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican opponent, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. That's in part because his older brother, Joseph McAuliffe, spent two decades as a Republican activist who worked for the evangelical leader Pat Robertson's [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/terry-mcauliffe-brother-once-abortion-clinic-protesting-conservative-100850620.html?.tsrc=yahooFri, 24 May 2013 08:20:06 -0400blogs/ticket/terry-mcauliffe-brother-once-abortion-clinic-protesting-conservative-10085062010 things Washington (and you) could do to make college more affordableSo you're considering college but don't have the dough. Or maybe you're out of college now and still don't have any dough. You're not alone: In the past 30 years, the cost of a college degree has risen 1,120 percent and the number of people taking out loans to pay for it has skyrocketed. The [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/10-things-washington-could-college-more-affordable-093926557.html?.tsrc=yahooThu, 23 May 2013 05:39:26 -0400blogs/lookout/10-things-washington-could-college-more-affordable-093926557IRS official Lois Lerner: ‘I have not done anything wrong’Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official in charge of approving applications for tax-exempt status, denied wrongdoing in response to accusations that the IRS targeted conservative organizations seeking nonprofit status for heavier scrutiny between 2010 and 2012. "I have not done anything wrong," Lerner told the House Oversight Committee during a hearing about the IRS' [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/irs-official-lois-lerner-not-done-anything-wrong-153037583.html?.tsrc=yahooWed, 22 May 2013 11:30:37 -0400blogs/ticket/irs-official-lois-lerner-not-done-anything-wrong-153037583IRS official Lerner refuses to testify before CongressInternal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, is refusing to testify before Congress, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lerner was supposed to appear before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. The Times reports that Lerner's attorney, William W. Taylor III, [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/irs-official-lerner-refuses-testify-congress-210326599.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 21 May 2013 17:03:26 -0400blogs/ticket/irs-official-lerner-refuses-testify-congress-210326599Former IRS commissioner: ‘Not personally responsible’ for creating the ‘Be On The Lookout’ listFormer Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman said that he was "not personally responsible" for the agency's practice of placing elevated scrutiny on conservative groups that applied for nonprofit status, but that he regrets it occurred during his tenure. "I certainly am not personally responsible for creating a list that had inappropriate criteria on it. [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/former-irs-commissioner-not-personally-responsible-targeting-conservative-164324385.html?.tsrc=yahooTue, 21 May 2013 12:43:24 -0400blogs/ticket/former-irs-commissioner-not-personally-responsible-targeting-conservative-164324385